French goes Under for baseball

KANELANDâ€”On Sept. 21, Drew French, a varsity baseball player at Kaneland High School, made an Under Armour Baseball Factory National Tournament Team in Oak Creek, Wis., after trying out at Milwaukee Technical Institute College.

French is playing on their team that goes to the Arizona Fall Invitational, Wednesday through Sunday, Oct. 6-10, in Peoria, Ariz., which is the spring training home of the Seattle Mariners and the San Diego Padres.

French will play third base and also pitch. Besides playing for Kaneland baseballâ€™s Brian Aversa, Drew also plays for Coach Tom Siebert with Team Illinois Baseball.

The Under Armour Baseball Factory sees 10,000 baseball players from around the country each year.